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Business, media, technology and more in the Capital Region and beyondTue, 03 Mar 2015 20:50:56 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.3By: Eric Andersonhttp://blog.timesunion.com/business/globalfoundries-research-center-site-plan-okd/55260/comment-page-1/#comment-80852
Sat, 10 Nov 2012 14:41:05 +0000http://blog.timesunion.com/business/?p=55260#comment-80852Sorry J, we’re with Elmer on this. Time for you to look around. The world has indeed moved on.
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Sat, 10 Nov 2012 14:30:39 +0000http://blog.timesunion.com/business/?p=55260#comment-80851@28—Plug Power? Seriously? And the others you mentioned I never even heard of. Tech Park? Isn’t that a location, not an Company?

No company in our area today has absorbed the number of jobs lost over the years.

30, 40 or 60 years ago is irrelevent. The population has not decreased. The children and grand children of those workers are where now? Certainly not thriving in Green Island or Cohoes.

Instead of trying so hard to buck everything I say elmer, how about using some common sense once in awhile.

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Fri, 09 Nov 2012 21:09:27 +0000http://blog.timesunion.com/business/?p=55260#comment-80832#27: Big Business and the BMW set seems to be the segment full of the so-called entitlement mentality. Wake up and smell the coffee. Can you say “corporate welfare”?
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Fri, 09 Nov 2012 20:10:35 +0000http://blog.timesunion.com/business/?p=55260#comment-80830PG, do you understand what PILOT stands for and is? HINT: Focus on the “P”.

J, you’re right. Of course, they stopped making shirts in Troy 40 years ago, Ford radiators in Green Island 30 years ago, fabric in Cohoes 60(?) years ago. If only we could the the steel mills back on line in Troy we would really be cooking.

AMRI. Regeneron. Ever hear of them? Plug Power. SABIC? Mapinfo(Now Pitney-Bowes)? Any of the companies in the Rensselaer Tech Park?

I am thrilled for what your father acomplished. It is a common story. Also happens to be the historical past, much like his father’s worklife was to your father.

Move on. There is no option.

]]>By: PlainGuyhttp://blog.timesunion.com/business/globalfoundries-research-center-site-plan-okd/55260/comment-page-1/#comment-80809
Thu, 08 Nov 2012 19:58:30 +0000http://blog.timesunion.com/business/?p=55260#comment-80809Maybe instead of a PILOT program for businesses who will eventually either demand more PILOT or just fold up like Solyndra, perhaps the great state of taxation could lower taxes across the board and make NY more competitive with states that attract businesses with lower costs of living. Of course that would mean the entitlement mentality would have to change to a work for it mentality. not likely with the recent election results.
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Wed, 07 Nov 2012 23:32:33 +0000http://blog.timesunion.com/business/?p=55260#comment-80759@15-23 and 25: maybe it’s time to get a hobby!
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Tue, 06 Nov 2012 18:56:54 +0000http://blog.timesunion.com/business/?p=55260#comment-80683@24—Apparently when you make enough good solid points that leave everyone enlightened and speechless.

Apparently nobody has any answers, including yourself (as shown in comment #24).

]]>By: elmerhttp://blog.timesunion.com/business/globalfoundries-research-center-site-plan-okd/55260/comment-page-1/#comment-80676
Tue, 06 Nov 2012 15:42:42 +0000http://blog.timesunion.com/business/?p=55260#comment-80676@15 to 23: When is a discussion not a discussion?
]]>By: Jhttp://blog.timesunion.com/business/globalfoundries-research-center-site-plan-okd/55260/comment-page-1/#comment-80642
Mon, 05 Nov 2012 18:37:58 +0000http://blog.timesunion.com/business/?p=55260#comment-80642The only new jobs have been Nano tech and GF, am I missing something?

I didn’t even begin to list the smaller companies and businesses we’ve lost along with my above list.

We are surviving on State jobs and service jobs only?

]]>By: Jhttp://blog.timesunion.com/business/globalfoundries-research-center-site-plan-okd/55260/comment-page-1/#comment-80641
Mon, 05 Nov 2012 18:34:12 +0000http://blog.timesunion.com/business/?p=55260#comment-80641Reference my list in comment 20.
Think about that for a minute. Everybody who worked at those places had homes and families. Those jobs are all gone. But the children, nephews, nieces and grandkids of those workers all work where, now?

The number of homes in the Capital Region is the same. In fact we’ve built thousands of brand new ones. So the number of residents is the same. Where do they work? Hospitals? State? Colleges? Nano tech? GF?
McDonalds?